
For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later.
Cast
Narrator
Lynn SeymourSelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Alastair MacaulaySelf - Writer and Editor
Bob GottliebSelf - Writer and Dance Critic
Judith MackrellSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Lynn GarafolaSelf - Historian and Author
Richard Davenport-HinesSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Frederic FranklinSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Elena GludjidzeSelf
Karl Lagerfeld
Lynn SeymourSelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Alastair MacaulaySelf - Writer and Editor
Bob GottliebSelf - Writer and Dance Critic
Judith MackrellSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Lynn GarafolaSelf - Historian and Author
Richard Davenport-HinesSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Frederic FranklinSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Elena GludjidzeSelf
Karl Lagerfeld